Deal agreed with Bayern Munich for Leroy Sane - €60m (including add-ons)

[alexmcity]

Both bayern and sane won't feel it's a very important game,anyway we'll know if he is playing about 1.30pm tomorrow

Bayern should first meet the asking price before requiring anything from us/Sane. And they do not seem close to that. We want about 50% more than they seem ready to give - 150m vs 100m euro.

 

[BobKowalski]

I don't think that if Sane plays tomorrow then he is likely to stay. Going by English media we want two conditions to be fulfilled in order to sell Sane: Sane to want a transfer and Bayern to meet our asking price. Apparently, there is no condition concerning a transfer deadline - that it should happen X days before the transfer window closes. If Bayern pay 135m, he is gone imo. That would be a very good price for a player who isn't exactly a firm starter and wants to leave. It is quite obvious also that Guardiola isn't a big Sane fan.

Agreed. We are not after a direct replacement so the German window is the deadline and Pep is looking at Mendy and Cancelo to provide the width and pace. Assuming Mendy can stay fit that is.

 

[waspish]

Pep won't take it as a glorified friendly. The animosity between us and Liverpool has quite grown over the last year and Pep will treat it as a serious game which we want to win very much. Still think that if Sane plays tomorrow this won't mean that he is guaranteed to stay. The ball is in Bayern's hands: they should pay 135m which I doubt they will do. But if they do it on the last day of the window, the transfer might still happen.

Correct in his mind its a trophy

 

[kaz7]

Gabby has every bit of the dribbling skills Sané has (if not more, actually) and is no slouch in the pace department. And he is far more tenacious in press/defence.

I don’t want Sané to go, personally, but I don’t think we are going to skip a beat if he does.

Gabby will likely go on to play, create, and score even more than last season.

I think sane has more speed and can make things happen,stands to reason as a proper winger he would have,i guess i will just have to stop getting off my seat as we won't be attacking like that anymore,sane is a potent weapon,pity as him and kev together are brilliant

 

[BobKowalski]

but are they betting £137m large?

They’re going all in. If they want Leroy they have no choice :)

 

[kaz7]

Agreed. We are not after a direct replacement so the German window is the deadline and Pep is looking at Mendy and Cancelo to provide the width and pace. Assuming Mendy can stay fit that is.

Why would he hope benny can stay fit after 2 seasons out?

 

[SebastianBlue]

I think sane has more speed and can make things happen,stands to reason as a proper winger he would have,i guess i will just have to stop getting off my seat as we won't be attacking like that anymore,sane is a potent weapon,pity as him and kev together are brilliant

I think (and have thought for some time) Gabby is actually a winger being played as an out-and-out striker.

Most of Gabby’s best play has actually come when he has drifted out wide, received the ball, dribbled past a defender or two (or powered past them or played quick passes with a teammate), and scored (or put a good shot on target for the keeper to make a superb save to keep out).

And I think Kev will find him just as regularly. If anything Gabby may win the ball back and give it to Kev to play the quick give-and-go more often.

 

[Dipsis_LTU_MC]

Everyone who says that we wouldn't miss Sane is freaking deluded. He's a unique winger/wide forward in terms of his style of play. The way he glides through defences with the ball with those giraffe legs etc etc.

 

[blueparrot]

No-one has his skillset we would be playing differently with anyone else there,when we need to counter attack his speed and dribbling would be sorely missed

We play differently most of the time anyway, we rarely play counter attacking football 90% of our games are against teams that sit in. Which I guess is why Pep used him as a plan b more often than not.

 

[blueparrot]

I think (and have thought for some time) Gabby is actually a winger being played as an out-and-out striker.

Most of Gabby’s best play has actually come when he has drifted out wide, received the ball, dribbled past a defender or two (or powered past them or played quick passes with a teammate), and scored (or put a good shot on target for the keeper to make a superb save to keep out).

And I think Kev will find him just as regularly. If anything Gabby may win the ball back and give it to Kev to play the quick give-and-go more often.

Sane normally played on Silva's side anyway, and actually always looked better when he has Silva behind him finding him with balls behind the defender. He never seems quite the same player if Silva isn't playing.